DETROIT – The Detroit Tigers will reevaluate Miguel Cabrera's condition Monday in Chicago before deciding what to do about the slugger's troublesome hamstring.

Cabrera left Sunday's 5-3 loss to the Boston Red Sox in the sixth inning with a tight left hamstring. Cabrera appeared to labor as he ran to first base after singling and he was replaced by pinch-runner Don Kelly.

He also appeared to have trouble running to second when he doubled in the fourth inning.

"I don't know if it was actually the fourth but he had mentioned it earlier in the game," said manager Brad Ausmus. "I think the at-bat we took him out, you could tell that it started to bother him. There was no reason to risk a major injury.

"We'll have to see how he feels tomorrow. We won't make a decision until just before the game tomorrow."

Cabrera, whose status is day-to-day, also had a problem with his hamstring last month. He left a game May 25 against the Texas Rangers when he experienced cramping but returned to the lineup the next day in Oakland.

Against Boston Sunday, Cabrera said the hamstring was bothering him the entire game and that it was tight afterward.

"Before the game it started to get a little uncomfortable," he said. "Hopefully I can feel better tomorrow. I don't know. We'll see tomorrow. Get my treatment done and I'd like to get ready to play.

"We'll see how it feels tomorrow."

Although Cabrera prefers to play the field rather than DH, there is a possibility the Tigers could use him in that role against the White Sox.

But Ausmus said there can be drawbacks to Cabrera serving as the DH.

"The problem with doing that is you're actually sitting around a lot more so the muscle kind of gets cold and then you go up there and try to take a step and you try to run as opposed to playing first, where the muscle stays heated and you're moving around more often," Ausmus said.

"There's kind of two schools of thought. He doesn't have to move as much if he DH's but the muscle could be cold. But do you send him out to play first and keep his muscle hot but then he puts too much stress on it?

"We'll have to see how he feels tomorrow. We won't make a decision until just before the game tomorrow."